Cheapo Penryn Core 2 Quad pops up

The Intel Core 2 Quad 8200 which we wrote about back in July has begun to show up on the market as expected, with Newegg listing it at $229 USD, just a tad over Intel's volume (1K) unit price of $224.

Specs for the 45nm-based 8200 are given as 2.33GHz clock, 1333MHz FSB and 4MB L2 cache, which should translate to performance slightly better than the cheaper ($193 USD) and much older Q6600 - providing you invest in faster memory to match the higher FSB.